Improvement in umbrellas



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

JOHN F. KELLER, AND ABRAHAM HUFFNER, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN UMBRELLASJ Specification forming part'of Letters PatentNo. 106,082. dated August 2, 1670.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that l, NATHANIEL SEHNEE, of Hagerstown, in the county oflVashington and State of Maryland, have inventeda Revolving Umbrella;and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is afull, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference Vbeing had to the accom panying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of an umbrella having myimprovement attached, t Fig. 2 is a central verticalsection through theswivel-joint. Fig. 3 is an elevation of its ferrule upon its stock.

Similar letters of reference denote like parts in each of the figures. yo

The object of this invention is to construct an umbrella in such amanner as that the umbrella part shall freely revolve, when struck byany object, entirely independent of the handle; and tothis end myinvention consists in constructing an umbrella the stalk of which has aswivel-joint between the handle and the umbrella, as will be hereinaftermore fully described.

In the annexed drawings, forming a part ofA this specification, Arepresents the top of an umbrella, supported -upon the stalks B by thestays a a and collar c, in the ordinary manner. D is the handle, whichhas a thimble, d, which is hollow, and into which a projection orcontinuation of the ferrule b of the stalk B is in- 'troduced.V Thisprojection has anannular groove,into which the screw d' meshes, and bywhich the handle D and stalk B are secured together.

Having thus described 1nyinvention,what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States, is-

Constructing an umbrella-stalk in two parts, B and D, and joining themtogether by means of the thimble cl, ferrule b, and screw d, sub-`stantially as shown and described.

NATHANIEL SEHNER. Witnesses:

J oHAN B. CosrENBADEE, WILLIAM BUESHING.

